Ray Fulmer | |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, USA |
February 17, 1933
Occupation | Former actor |
Spouse(s) | Brenda Carolyn Fulmer |
Raymond Stover Fulmer, known as Ray Fulmer (born February 17, 1933), is a former actor, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his role as Steve Baxter in the final season of Shirley Booth's situation comedy Hazel, which aired on CBS television from September 13, 1965, to April 11, 1966.
Fulmer first began on Broadway with a role in Auntie Mame, co-starring with a number of different actresses in the lead role, including Rosalind Russell, Greer Garson, Beatrice Lillie and Eve Arden. His big acting break came in Chicago when he co-starred opposite Kathryn Crosby in the play, Sunday in New York. Crosby's husband, legendary singer Bing Crosby, gave Hollywood producers rave reviews of Fulmer's work, which led to a number of roles.
Prior to Hazel, Fulmer had appeared once on film, in the role of "Aga" on Wild Is My Love in 1963 and four times on network television: as Holmes in the 1964 episode "Mail Call" of ABC's war-time drama Combat! and in three segments between November 1964 and January 1965 of NBC's The Rogues.
Fulmer was thirty-two when he assumed the new role of Steve Baxter, a fictitious real estate agent and younger brother of corporation attorney George Baxter; his wife Barbara is portrayed by Lynn Borden. Hazel and Harold move into the home of Steve and Barbara Baxter while George, played by Don DeFore and his wife Dorothy, portrayed by Whitney Blake, are assigned overseas temporarily by virtue of George Baxter's work.